Sending Notifications

To send a notification, use the NOTIFY() functions.

Sending a simple notification to one or more users

The 1st parameter of the NOTIFY function is the identifier(s) of the user(s) who will be notified.To get the identifier of a user, use the GETPEOPLE function or a PEOPLE column.

The 2nd parameter is the text of the notification.

1: [Bob]=GETPEOPLE("Bob Howard")

2: [Content]="Hey Bob, a new task has been assigned to you!"

3: [Notify]=NOTIFY([Bob],[Content])

Or

1: [Notify]=NOTIFY({Person},"A new task has been assigned to you.")

In the latest example, if multiple users are assigned,
each user will receive a notification.

To send a notification to multiple users manually (i.e., not through a column), simply pass a list of users to the GETPEOPLE function. It will return a list of identifiers you can then pass to the NOTIFY function:

1: [Users]=GETPEOPLE("Bob Howard|John Doe|Manuela Wittig")

2: [Content]="A new task has been assigned to you!"

3: [Notify]=NOTIFY([Users],[Content])

Sending a notification based on a template

You can create templates using the Library. To use a template for your notification, retrieve it with the GETCONTENT function. For more on this, see Using the Library to Create Re-Usable Content.

1: [Users]=GETPEOPLE("Bob Howard|John Doe|Manuela Wittig")

2: [Content]=GETCONTENT("Notification")

3: [Notify]=NOTIFY([Users],[Content])